Economics
Inflation Curbs Nigeria Growth, Fuels Crime, World Bank Says
- Lack of credible monetary policy anchor stoking inflation
- Greater foreign-exchange flexibility needed to bolster growth
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Surging inflation is undermining the recovery of Africa’s biggest economy, pushing 7 million Nigerians into poverty and encouraging criminality as rising prices deplete already meager incomes, according to the World Bank.